Quote from ajp71 :

I think you've got a different version of the track, your car doesn't follow the elevation of the track in several places.

No idea really. I thought I updated all my 'rings few days ago but I guess I must re-check...

I just had to remove the Nordschleife folder in the locations folder. Now it works, I hope.

Does the attached file work ok?

Any suggestions when you'd like the server set up again?

Server up for a quickie! Details in my sig.

Quote from Hyperactive :

I just had to remove the Nordschleife folder in the locations folder. Now it works, I hope.

Does the attached file work ok?

Yep worked fine for me. Nice lap. I don't know the ring anywhere near well enough to drive with so much commitment though.

Quote from DaveWS :

Yep worked fine for me. Nice lap. I don't know the ring anywhere near well enough to drive with so much commitment though.

Download some F1 mod and learn the track in it. With those really fast cars it is easier to learn the track, you get more repetition in shorter time. And most importantly the F1 car will probably be able to stop before you hit the wall and die painfully in the burning wreck .

Hehe, OK cheers.

I'm open to date and time suggestions if someone still wants me to host the combo. I could probably fire up my old laptop to work as a dedi host.

Quote from Hyperactive :

Download some F1 mod and learn the track in it. With those really fast cars it is easier to learn the track, you get more repetition in shorter time. And most importantly the F1 car will probably be able to stop before you hit the wall and die painfully in the burning wreck .

I suggest you completely ignore this advice. There are a couple of issues with this, firstly the only decent F1 mods '55 and '88, neither of which are easy to drive on a track you don't know. I'd recommend starting with either a road car (Neil's Corvette) or a FWD racer (Skoda). Most importantly don't treat it like a race track for the first few laps, be extra cautious and always expect that there's an off camber corner with no run off you've forgotten about over that blind crest. Only once you've got a good idea of the corners should you really start to step on it and begin to brake hard and late and be somewhere vaguely near the limits of the cars grip whilst still focusing mainly on driving the line.

Do not look at your times and don't push to hard, a mistake at the 'ring normally means race over there's little run off, lots of elevation and a narrow track means it's easy to catch the grass under braking. If you constantly restart you're never going to get anywhere round this track, a lot of people get frustrated due to the effort required to learn and drive this track but once you've got to the stage where you can drive round it a moderate pace all day long then it really becomes exciting to try and truly master it

Quote from ajp71 :

I suggest you completely ignore this advice.

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I guess I should have been more specific about the car. I defenately mean the the modern, 2000 and forwards cars. The point was that everyone wants to learn the corners quickly and with any street car it will take very long time. The 'vette, for example, being nice to drive (a bit understeery though :razz needs quite slow speeds around the corners and has quite long braking and acceleration distances. With the 'vette you will encounter many situations where you simply remembered the corners wrong and wrecked the car because you were not able to stop/avoid the wall. The natural desire to floor the throttle everytime you see a straight is impossible to keep under control when you are looking of single lap times above 9 minutes. And driving like a grannie certainly isn't fun .

A modern F1 car will from 0-100-0 mph in seconds. The car is stable and you can cruise around the track quite effortlessly. The low laptimes means you get more repetition of the corners.

Of course the best option would be to drive rather slowly around the track, just memorizing the corners but imho that is a bit dull. With modern F1 car you can simply do it quicker. And once you know where the track turns to right and where to left you can move to 'vette/beemer/914 etc. and drive around the track without constantly finding yourself hugging the armco .

The skoda is awful for learning new tracks, the corner entry oversteer is so strong that it can cause serious trouble when you need to stop earlier than you thought. For the 'vette you need to know the braking points, otherwise you will easily overdrive the corners, understeering straight out when the track makes a sudden turn.

I'm in now I got rF working

And I find the default ISI stuff good for learning the Ring :P

DK

btw that bmw is not a M3 its an 320 and not a M3

How to connect to the server?

(I'm a n00b when it comes to rF online o.O)

Quote from DieKolkrabe :

How to connect to the server?

(I'm a n00b when it comes to rF online o.O)

Well at the moment I've been running a server. You can find the server info and timetable there. I'll update my forum sig every time the server is on.

Far from optimal but...

Like I mentioned earlier, I could possibly set up a dedicated server too. But If you're interested in meeting at Nordschschschleife with the Bimmers, throw me a message!

What the hell is this, the annual C6 groupie convention?

A bit busy tonight, maybe tomorrow about 9pm GMT?

Quote from ajp71 :

A bit busy tonight, maybe tomorrow about 9pm GMT?

Sounds possible. I'll try to get one clean lap tonight. So far no success!

/me votes for NSS @ Infineon

DK

This thread is like a soap opera, lol!
Is racing online with rF really this complicated?

Yes.

I have a problem with rF. Whenever I go into a race, I get kicked to the main menu

Buy it.

Would you like to buy it for me?



E: Just thinking, maybe LFS should implement this "feature"

It's better in LFS, I think that with a cracked game you can't even go online (LFSW checking?).

Quote from Gil07 :

It's better in LFS, I think that with a cracked game you can't even go online (LFSW checking?).

But this happens in single player